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...fixing streetlights, and he speaks with a blunt, blue-collar brio that Chicagoans find endearing. "There's never been a [U.S.] mayor, including his dad, who had this much power," says Paul Green, professor of policy studies at Chicago's Roosevelt University. And he's used it to steer the Windy City into a period of impressive stability, with declining unemployment and splashy growth...
People hopes that new computer equipment will solve its telephone problem, but the system is currently handling only 3% of reservations. That is one reason the carrier has not been very successful in persuading travel agents to steer passengers its way. Another obstacle is that agents, whose commission is generally 10% of the ticket price, make the most money on the most expensive fares. Says Barbara Riefle, president of New York City's Hardach Travel Service: "It's just not worth it to get worked up over a $29 fare...
Life has been troublesome too for Erich Honecker, 72, the East German leader. After decades of unrelenting East bloc propaganda that described "the spirit of militarism and fascism" as a purely Western affliction, Honecker has tried to steer a more nationalist course, chiefly on cultural and historical issues. King Frederick the Great of Prussia and Otto von Bismarck, the "Iron Chancellor," have been restored to grace in East German schoolbooks. In 1983, East Germany celebrated the 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther, who is now described as "an initiator of a great revolutionary movement." The celebration underlined Honecker...
Jones Professor of American Studies Lizabeth Cohen, who co-chairs the curricular review’s Pedagogy Committee, said that the survey data, while outdated, helped steer the committee’s recommendations. But she said that increasing faculty contact would also require a change in student attitude...
While Government Commissions is technically a collection of live recordings, it manages to steer away from the pitfalls of so many live albums—incoherent and/or rambling stage banter, poor recording quality, annoying fans interacting—due to the setting in which these songs were recorded. Ultimately, it’s more like sitting in on a practice session than it is going to a show. The sparse radio studio turns out to be an excellent venue for the band, allowing their lazy, tumbling compositions plenty of room to breathe...